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Chapter 4764 [It's You]

After Xia's stepson revealed his scandal with Xia Jingui, as well as Xia Jingui's conspiracy, Shuntian Prefecture immediately summoned Xia Jingui to punish her for being disobedient, trying to steal the family property, and committing adultery.

Although Xia Jingui dared to act recklessly and make a lot of noise in the Xue family, that was because Aunt Xue was stupid and Xue Pan was incompetent, so she knew that no one could control her even if she made a fuss.

But it was different in Shuntian Prefecture. As the saying goes, people's hearts are like iron, and the laws are like furnaces. Even if one has a body of steel, if he enters the court and is beaten with dozens of boards, his bones and tendons will be broken and he will die.

Therefore, when the official arrived at the Jia family and summoned Xia Jingui, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and begged Aunt Xue and Xue Pan for protection. Otherwise, if she was really taken to the hall for questioning, she would not only lose her face, but also her life.

At this time, Aunt Xue and Xue Pan had already known that Xia Jingui had moved the Xue family's property back to her parents' home and had an affair with her cousin, so why did they still protect her?

"It's absolutely not my fault. It's all my fault. I deserve it. But if the Ministry of Justice conducts an autopsy, it will be embarrassing for your family. I beg you, mother-in-law, to let this matter drop!" Xia Jingui pleaded bitterly.

When Aunt Xue heard her say this, she felt that there was some truth in it.

If the matter really gets out of hand, the Xue family will lose face, at least their son Xue Pan will be cuckolded.

Therefore, after considering it, Aunt Xue promised to forgive Xia Jingui as long as she returned the money she had embezzled from the Xue family.

Otherwise, the Xue family would no longer care about their reputation and would directly send her to jail. At that time, they would confiscate the Xia family's property and sell it off, and get as much money as they could.

After all, the Xue family is a merchant family, and they value profit over reputation. If they lose all their money, they will be completely finished. Therefore, no matter what, they must keep the money.

Xia Jingui had almost drained the Xue family dry, so she had to get the money back.

Xia Jingui was also a businessman, so she knew that businessmen valued profits. If she didn't hand over the money, she might be in trouble. She could only ask her mother to deliver the money.

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In the end, the Xia family almost went bankrupt before they could fill the hole left by the Xue family.

Although Xia Jingui could escape the death penalty, she could not escape the punishment of living punishment and was divorced by Xue Pan on the grounds of disobedience and unfilial piety.

Her cousin was beaten with a stick forty times and then exiled to the frontier. It is estimated that if he didn't die, he would be half-crippled.

After experiencing this incident, Xue Pan also made great progress and finally realized the decline of the Xue family and his own incompetence.

Before this, although he had always had a very bad reputation and was regarded as a joke, Xue Pan still thought highly of himself, thinking that he was the head of the Xue family and had plenty of money and power.

In the book, when he was flirting with Liu Xianglian, he told her, "With a brother like me, it will be easy for you to become an official and make a fortune."

As a result, he never realized the crisis and continued to eat, drink, have fun, sleep with prostitutes, and spend money carelessly.

But after this disaster, he realized that the Xue family had long been weak inside and had only a few thousand taels of silver left, which could not withstand his reckless spending.

Therefore, from then on, Xue Pan did not reform himself and become a new man, but he did correct many of his bad habits.

First, he stopped eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and wasted his money; second, he stopped wandering around and being unruly. Instead, he learned to manage his business, hoping to save the situation as much as possible.

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Seeing the changes in her son, Aunt Xue was naturally happy, and felt that her son had grown up and finally become sensible.

But after divorcing his wife, he is now alone and in a really bad state.

So she wanted to help him marry another one. However, it was not easy for Xue Pan to marry in the beginning, and it was even more difficult to divorce his wife and marry again now.

Let alone him, even if Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and other people who had titles and ranks, when they remarried after their wives died, the quality of the new wives would be much lower.

Therefore, Xue Pan was able to marry the daughter of the Xia family, who were also imperial merchants before, but now he can only look for smaller families when it comes to marriage.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Xue searched for a long time and actually found Zhen Yinglian.

It turned out that after Zhen Yinglian was rescued by Xiang Nan, she had been living with her mother in the back street of Jia Mansion. They lived in seclusion and made a living by selling embroidery and mending clothes for others.

In order to take care of the mother and daughter, Xiang Nan often gave some of the Jia family's clothes to them to make. Although it was hard work, the income was good, and they could earn 20 to 30 taels of silver a year, which was enough for the mother and daughter's living needs.

However, the mother and daughter had no relatives in the capital and lived in seclusion, so it was not easy for them to find a suitable husband. So they had been wasting time until now.

Aunt Xue was also trying to find a new bride for Xue Pan but couldn't find one. When she was discussing with Mrs. Wang which family might be suitable, Mrs. Wang suddenly thought of Zhen Yinglian.

Aunt Xue was also very surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that Xiangling, who was robbed by her son, was still alive. She thought it was fate, so she asked Mrs. Wang to help arrange a marriage.

Mrs. Wang then found Yinglian's mother, Feng, and told her about Xue Pan.

Feng originally didn't want to agree because she had heard from her daughter that Xue Pan was a playboy who once ordered his slaves to beat someone to death in the street.

Such a man is not suitable to be her son-in-law, and she is also afraid that her daughter will be beaten and bullied if she marries him. At that time, she, a widow, will be helpless.

But Mrs. Wang repeatedly assured that Xue Pan was no longer the Xue Pan of the past, and had changed greatly now. She also asked Feng to secretly visit Xue Pan.

Xue Pan actually has a good appearance, with a tall stature and regular features. Judging from his appearance alone, he is actually quite presentable. After all, he comes from a prominent family and is not a sloppy or shabby person.

After seeing this, Feng Shi realized that Xue Pan was not the rogue as she had imagined, and she began to have a better impression of him.

Seeing Xue Pan respecting Aunt Xue and learning business from the experienced shop assistants, and seeing that he seemed to be a very filial and motivated young man, he immediately felt willing.

In addition, Mrs. Wang acted as a guarantor, and her daughter was indeed grown up and should get married, so she finally agreed to the marriage.

Yinglian never expected that a few years later, she would be together with Xue Pan again.

Fortunately, Xue Pan has changed a lot compared to a few years ago. He is no longer as arrogant and domineering as before.

After marriage, he treated her pretty well.

Yinglian had a gentle temper, was diligent and hardworking, and did not care about food and clothing. After marrying into the Xue family, she did not treat herself as a young lady, but was still busy with knitting and needlework.

Although she didn't make much money, she didn't waste it. Unlike Xia Jingui, when she was at Xue's house, she either played cards with others or ate and drank. She also liked to eat burnt chicken bones, and she didn't know how much money she had wasted on this.

It is also for this reason that Aunt Xue is very satisfied with Yinglian and treats her much better than she treats Xia Jingui.

As a result, the family is relatively harmonious, no longer quarreling all day long like before, making relatives and friends laugh at them.

Although the Xue family does not see any signs of revival for the time being, at least it is no longer declining, and overall it is still doing very well.

And for solving the Xue family's troubles, Xue Baochai was naturally very grateful to Xiang Nan.

(End of this chapter)